Seismology

The head of Türkiye's disaster and emergency management agency has raised the country's death toll from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake last month to 47,975.

The sale of birds, such as parakeets and canaries, is soaring, especially in the eastern province of Van, as many believe that such birds can sense foreshocks seconds before an earthquake strikes.

The strongest was at 10:15 a.m., with a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale, and its epicenter was 13 kilometers northeast of Dimitrovgrad (Bulgaria) and 30 kilometers from Stara Zagora, at a depth of two kilometers, reports Novinite news agency.

The European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) registered three earthquakes in Bulgaria within 30 minutes.

The first, at 10:15 am, was the strongest - with a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter is 13 km north-northeast of Dimitrovgrad and 30 km from Stara Zagora. Its depth is 2 km.

While the areas in Istanbul where the ground is not earthquake resistant occupy less than 13 percent of the city, the population there is soaring by the day, an expert has stated.

This earthquake was of magnitude 4.1, with an epicenter 31 kilometers northeast of Bandırma. Two hours before, they were shaken by another one, with a magnitude of 3.5.
According to the EMSC website, the epicenter was at a depth of five kilometers.
Numerous citizens of Turkey reported that the earthquake was extremely "loud".

The deadly Feb. 6 quakes in Türkiye's south have brought misery and sadness in unmeasurable ways, with women, who are hardly able to meet their basic needs while living in the tent cities, feeling an extra burden of staying strong for their children.

The historical Mar Circos (Aziz Georgios) Greek Orthodox Church in the southern quake-hit province of Hatay has become an aid collection center where numerous materials are packaged and delivered to quake survivors.

Around 4,159 schools in Türkiye are located in places with high earthquake risk, of which 191 schools are in the fault avoidance zone, the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) has announced, with engineers warning of a potential hazard in the event of other earthquakes.

Some 70 percent of buildings in Istanbul are not earthquake resistant, while about 90,000 buildings need to be demolished and rebuilt, a geoscientist has stated.

Following the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes that shook the southern provinces and claimed more than 45,960 lives, a possible major quake in Istanbul has come back to the agenda.